Edward Partridge

Edward Partridge (27 August 1793-27 May 1840) was Bishop of the LDS Church from 4 February 1831 to 27 May 1840 under Joseph Smith.

Biography
Edward Partridge was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on 27 August 1793, a scion of a notable western Massachusetts family. He owned a hat-making factory and retail store in Painesville, Ohio, and a group of Painesville citizens sent him to New York in 1830 to investigate the Mormon movement. Partridge was baptized a member of the LDS Church on 11 December 1830, and his wife also converted to Mormonism without his knowledge. On 4 February 1831, in Kirtland, Ohio, Mormon leader Joseph Smith made Partridge the first Bishop of the LDS Church. Partridge would go on to assist in the settlement of Jackson County, Missouri, and he was tarred and feathered by an anti-Mormon mob in July 1833. Following the 1838 Mormon War, Partridge was jailed in Richmond, Missouri, and he was expelled from the state in 1839. He expended much of his wealth in support of the LDS Church before dying in Nauvoo, Illinois 1840.